Abraham weiss



Sept 17,1929. A, wE ss 1,728,648

TAXIMETER VEHICLE Filed March 21, 1928 KIM-n XII W H I F W A? H @M m 3*u A f5 V 2/2 i I 3 E I 5} Z; 2/

mvsmon ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 17, 1929 If i a UNITED STATES PATENT"OFFICE V ABRAHAM WEISS, or nnwronx, I I

TAXIMETER VEHICLE Application filed March 21, 1928.; Serial No. 263,316.

This invention relates to attachments for Referring to the drawing indetail 10 detaximeter vehicles. The fare register or notes attaximetervehicle of usual-construcclock is generally controlled through a handtion employing for example a high tension lever called the flag in suchmanner that magneto llto produce ignition. 12denotes when the latter israised or in a position inthe usual flag controlled fare register orclock, 65

dicating vacant, the registering mechanism l3and lethes'eatsE'and .15the floor, of the pasor the clock is uncoupled and will not register'senger compartment. There is a switch (not the fare, but when the flagis lowered, the shown) adaptedto becontrolled fromthe flag clock will bein operation while the vehicle handlelQ. 17, 18and 19 denote theswitches is driven. controlled by pressure, as by the weight of the t0Unscrupulous drivers instead of charging occupant of, the passenger,compartment. by the register omit moving the flag but make The switch 17a is arranged under the main special rates to the passengers, so thatthe fare seat, 18 at the 'back' of the auxili aryseat and received is aloss to the owner of the vehicle. 19 under the floor of saidcompartment. 7

To obviate such abuses my present inven- 2O denotes the intake manifoldfor. the 59 tion has for its object to provide means fuel. The [same isprovided at; a suitable whereby the driving of the vehicle with anypoint with a butterfly or throttle valve 21 appreciable speed, whenoccupied by a paswhichtextends transversely and is pivoted or sengerwithout setting the fare register into otherwise rotativelysupported atits CiI'CllIfl? 2o registering position will be rendered imposference as21?. The valve is adapted to be .70 sible. verylightand swing freely onits pivot, so

To accomplish my object I make use of an thatit will beeasily andreadilyvopenedunelectric switch controlled by the flow of any cler. theinfluence of the gas or air flowing fluid in the motor system, as forinstance the through said manifold when the accelerator 25 flow of thefuel, gas or air through the intake is operated. 1 t J a manifold. Thehingedorpivotal endof said auxiliary In the present embodiment, I makeuse of throttle valve maybe. formed with anextena butterfly or throttlevalve in the manision, to serve as an electric contact, piece fold thatis controlled by the flow of the fuel which forms part of theauxiliary,switch to 3o therethrough, which valve is equipped with be controlled bythe flow of the fuel. The 80 l a switch inserted in a circuit leading onone other contact piece of said switch is formed l I hand through themagneto or other ignition by a block 23finsulated from theformer and Isystem of the motor and on the other hand cqnductively connected tothemagneto 11. Q1 through a switch controlled by the fare reg- The; mode,ofoperation is as follows:

ister and a switch controlled automatically Assuming thepassenger'compartment his 85" 50 3 a cross section on line 3-3 of Fig.2. jerks.

by the occupant of the passenger compart- ,occupied so that theswitchorswitches there ment of the vehicle. This valve operated in are closed;7 Let us further assume that switch will when on closing while the otherwhile the compartment is occupied the flag two switches are closed closethe electric ciris left in the vacant? position.- Now,sh0uld cuitthrough the magneto and ground the the driver attempt .todrive ,thevehicle and 90 latter. As a result thereof the motor will be press onthe accelerator, the fuel passing stalled. through the intake, manifold20 will swing To make my invention more clear the same the throttlevalve 21open, causing the switch is illustrated inthe accompanyingdrawing 22, 23 controlledthereby to close theiic-ircuit in which similarreference characters denote through the magneto. As a resultthereof .95corresponding parts and in which Fig. 1 is the latter will be groundedand the motor a diagrammatic side view of a taximeter vehiceasetooperate. new {attempt of the ole equipped with my novel attachment; Fig.driver to feed the gas willhave the same re- 2 a sectional view of themanifold and Fig. sult. Thus the ve icle can proceed only in l a e .9

In order to avoid stalling of the motor,

while the vehicle is standing still, the butterfly valve 21 may have anarrow opening 21 to permit some fuel to pass to the motor.

The auxiliary switch may of course be controlled by the flow of anyother liquid or fluid therein in the motor system. The construction toomay be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of myinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to limit myself to the detailsdescribed and shown.

What I claim is:

1. In a taximeter vehicle, passenger controlled means, means controlledfrom the fare register, a fluid feed for the motor of said vehicle and avalve mounted in said feed and controlled by the flow of said fluid andso connected to said other two means, that when said vehicle is occupiedwhile the fare register is not set, said valve will affect the operationof the motor.

2. In a taximeter' vehicle a passenger controlled electric switch,'aswitch controlled by the fare register, a throttle valve in the intakemanifold controlled by the flow of the fuel through the latter, and aswitch operated by said throttle valve and in circuit with said othertwoswitches and with the motor controlling means, so that when said circuitis closed by the said third switch the operation of the motor willbe'aifected.

'3. In a taximeter vehicle, 7 a passenger controlled switch, a switchcontrolled by the fare register, a throttle valve in the intake manifoldcontrolled by the flow of the fuel throughthe latter and a switchoperated by said throttle valve and in circuit with said other twoswitches and with the motor ignition circuit so that when said circuitis closed by sa1d third switch and sald fare reglster swltchis 1n vacantposition the operation tor, said valve being provided with an openingwhereby said motor may idle with a passenger in said vehicle and whilesaid register remains in vacant position.

6. In a device as per claim 3, in which said valve is provided with anopening whereby said motor may idle with a passenger in said vehicle andwhile said register remains in vacant position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ABRAHAM WEISS.

of said motor will be affected as soon as fuel begins to flow in largequantities through said intake'manifold. 4:. In a taximetervehicle, apassenger controlled means, means controlled from the fare register, afluid feed for the motor of said vehicle, a valve in said feed andcontrolled by flow of said fluid and soconnected to said other two meansthat when said vehicle is 00- cupied and said fare register remains invacant position, said valve will afl'ect the operation of said motor,and means on said valve wherebysaid motor may idle wlth a passenger insaid vehicleandwhile said register remains in Vacant position.

5. In a taximet'er vehicle, a passenger controlled means, meanscontrolled from the fare register, a valve in said feed and controlledby the flow of fluid in said feed and so connected with said other twomeans that when said vehicle is occupied bya passenger and said fareregister remains in vacant position, said valve Wlll affect theoperation of said mo-

